Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist in United States during 2025 is USD 160,000

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Data Scientist salary lies between USD 121,680 and USD 199,980 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Data Scientist
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
1970
Top 10%
$ 245,100
Top 25%
$ 199,980
Median
$ 160,000
Bottom 25%
$ 121,680
Bottom 10%
$ 110,000

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Scientist job listings are Python, Machine Learning and Engineering. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Python | 2776 jobs Machine Learning | 2631 jobs Engineering | 2135 jobs SQL | 2054 jobs Statistics | 2041 jobs Computer Science | 1454 jobs ML models | 1438 jobs Mathematics | 1256 jobs R | 1249 jobs Research | 1247 jobs AWS | 1244 jobs Testing | 1150 jobs Deep Learning | 1124 jobs LLMs | 964 jobs Data visualization | 917 jobs GCP | 915 jobs Data analysis | 815 jobs Pipelines | 785 jobs TensorFlow | 731 jobs NLP | 708 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Scientist job listings are Career development, Health care and Startup environment. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 2500 jobs Health care | 1151 jobs Startup environment | 998 jobs Insurance | 958 jobs Equity / stock options | 951 jobs Competitive pay | 908 jobs Flex hours | 757 jobs Salary bonus | 757 jobs Parental leave | 544 jobs Flex vacation | 528 jobs Medical leave | 488 jobs Team events | 485 jobs 401(k) matching | 290 jobs Wellness | 273 jobs Conferences | 155 jobs Transparency | 113 jobs Home office stipend | 112 jobs Relocation support | 99 jobs Fitness / gym | 82 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 72 jobs

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Data Scientist @ $ 63,157 (France) Details
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